He was rich, mean, and dying of cancer- until someone hastened the inevitable by beating him to death at a Florida truck stop. Now Ellis Esterland's son wants Travis McGee to find out who murdered the dying man. Possible reason: a multimillion-dollar estate that would have gone to a foundation had Esterland died three weeks later. So McGee and Meyer hit the cold, clueless trail of a killer conjured from their worst nightmares...